Five gene products are required for assembly of the central
pyrrole moiety of coumermycin A(1)

J 2013

Five gene products are required for assembly of the central pyrrole moiety of coumermycin A(1)

NOVOTNÁ, Jitka, Bertolt GUST, Andreas KULIK, Jaroslav SPÍŽEK, Lutz HEIDE et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Five gene products are required for assembly of the central pyrrole moiety of coumermycin A(1)

Authors

NOVOTNÁ, Jitka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Bertolt GUST (276 Germany), Andreas KULIK (276 Germany), Jaroslav SPÍŽEK (203 Czech Republic) and Lutz HEIDE (276 Germany)

Edition

JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY, HEIDELBERG, SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2013, 1367-5435

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

20802 Bioremediation, diagnostic biotechnologies in environmental management

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.505

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/13:00072276

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10295-013-1266-6

UT WoS

000321972400013

Keywords in English

Streptomyces; Coumermycin; Pyrrole; Biosynthesis; Heterologous expression

Abstract

V originále

Coumermycin A(1) is an aminocoumarin antibiotic produced by Streptomyces rishiriensis. It exhibits potent antibacterial and anticancer activity. The coumermycin A(1) molecule contains two terminal 5-methyl-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid moieties and one central 3-methylpyrrole-2,4-dicarboxylic acid moiety (CPM). While the biosynthesis of the terminal moieties has been elucidated in detail, the pathway leading to the CPM remains poorly understood. In this work, the minimal set of genes required for the generation of the CPM scaffold was identified. It comprises the five genes couR1, couR2a, couR2b, couR3, and couR4 which are grouped together in a contiguous 4.7 kb region within the coumermycin A(1) biosynthetic gene cluster. The DNA fragment containing these genes was cloned into an expression plasmid and heterologously expressed in Streptomyces coelicolor M1146. Thereupon, the formation of CPM could be shown by HPLC and by HPLC-MS/MS, in comparison to an authentic CPM standard. This proves that the genes couR1-couR4 are sufficient to direct the biosynthesis of CPM, and that the adjacent genes couR5 and couR6 are not required for this pathway. The enzyme CouR3 was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to near homogeneity. The protein exhibited an ATPase activity similar to that reported for its close ortholog, the threonine kinase PduX. However, we could not show a threonine kinase activity of CouR3, and; therefore, the substrate of CouR3 in CPM biosynthesis is still unknown and may be different from threonine.

Links

CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068, interní kód MU

Name: CEITEC - středoevropský technologický institut (Acronym: CEITEC)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, 1.1 European Centres of Excellence

Citovat

NOVOTNÁ, Jitka, Bertolt GUST, Andreas KULIK, Jaroslav SPÍŽEK and Lutz HEIDE. Five gene products are required for assembly of the central pyrrole moiety of coumermycin A(1). JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2013, vol. 40, No 8, p. 915-925. ISSN 1367-5435. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10295-013-1266-6.

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NOVOTNÁ, Jitka, Bertolt GUST, Andreas KULIK, Jaroslav SPÍŽEK and Lutz HEIDE. Five gene products are required for assembly of the central pyrrole moiety of coumermycin A(1). \textit{JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY \&{} BIOTECHNOLOGY}. HEIDELBERG: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2013, vol.~40, No~8, p.~915-925. ISSN~1367-5435. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10295-013-1266-6.

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